Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer on BBC Radio 5 Live

BBC Sport chief football writer Phil McNulty suggests that there will be a sea of change this summer at Manchester City:

"There's been just a little bit of that hunger missing and maybe sometimes it is hard to keep going to the well and winning trophies. I do think this summer will be something of a reset at Manchester City. We'll obviously see the last hurrah for Kevin de Bruyne, maybe Bernardo Silva will go - a summer of change ahead in reaction to the season they've had."

So does that mean Spurs will win the Europa League?

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Crystal Palace will arrive at Wembley on Saturday with some fire power in their squad, particularly in Eberechi Eze, Jean-Philippe Mateta and Ismaïla Sarr.

In Palace's last four FA Cup games, Eze has been involved in four goals. He has scored three and made one assists, including his goal in their semi-final against Aston Villa, according to the Football Association.

This season's cup campaign has been even more impressive for Eze as he has not registered a goal involvement in his first 14 FA Cup appearances.

Eze has also scored five goals in his last four games for Palace across all competitions.

Sarr has also scored three goals and made one assist in the FA Cup this season. He has also taken 10 shots at goal with an accuracy of 40%.

Meanwhile, Mateta has put in some impressive performances in the cup competition but the Premier League is where he has been shining this season.

According to Opta, since manager Oliver Glasner's first league game in charge in February 2024 only Alexander Isak (32), Erling Haaland (31) and Mohamed Salah (30) have more league goals than Mateta (27).

Palace will be hoping he will continue his good form and bring his scoring boots into the final.

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Manchester City sold 27,000 of their 36,230 ticket allocation for their FA Cup semi-final win over Nottingham Forest at Wembley, while London-based Crystal Palace sold 35,500 tickets for their last-four win over Aston Villa.

The 2-0 win for City saw them reach their third consecutive FA Cup final, which would have played a factor in their struggle to fill up seats.

However, expect a full house on Saturday - in what will be Manchester City's 27th trip to Wembley since its refurbished in 2007.

City announced they received an additional allocation of tickets, increasing their total allocation to 33,467, with Palace opening up a waiting list for their fans after selling out.

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer on BBC Radio 5 Live

BBC Sport chief football writer Phil McNulty believes Crystal Palace would be "quietly confident" going into the FA Cup final:

"I think Crystal Palace will be quietly confident. They have quality right throughout the team. That day (FA Cup semi-final) Eberechi Eze, Ismaila Sarr and Jean-Philippe Mateta, but if you look through the rest of the team, they've got a a very good goalkeeper in Dean Henderson, England central defender in Marc Guehi and an outstanding midfield player in Adam Wharton.

"It's also a reward for the faith they kept in the manager Oliver Glasner. They didn't win a league game until October 7th but they kept faith and that's been rewarded."

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BBC Sport

Poor Saffron. Today's page might be one for Brighton fans to avoid.

Also, I love how loads of you are texting in starting with a measured "neutral fan here" but sounding like you're about to purchase a Selhurst Park season ticket by the end of your message.

Good morning Daryl and everyone else who has texted in so far.

Form is in Man City's favour. In April, City recovered from two goals down to defeat Palace 5-2.

Eberechi Eze and Chris Richards to put Palace into a comfortable lead, before five different players scored for City.

Kevin de Bruyne, Omar Marmoush, Mateo Kovacic, James McAtee and Nico O'Reilly all bagged goals in a dominant display.

The other game between the sides this season ended 2-2, with Rico Lewis sent off in the closing stages.

Crystal Palace, who have won three games against City in the last decade, last won this fixture in 2021.

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Any excuse to play this...

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Haha, looks like a lot of people agree with Adam's suggestion.

Jesse Lingard's extra-time strike prevented Crystal Palace from lifting their first major trophy in the 2016 FA Cup final.

Manchester United won the game 2-1, but had to come from behind after Jason Puncheon's powerful far-post finish with 12 minutes left.

That rush of emotion resulted in Palace boss Alan Pardew breaking into an infamous dance/shake of the hips.

Their previous major final came against United in the 1990 FA Cup final which finished 3-3 and went to a replay, which Man United won under Alex Ferguson.

Pardew actually played in that final.

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